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The National Weather Service has issued a ‘Storm Warning” until 5 a.m. Saturday, with heavy snow above 4,000 feet, up to two feet of snow above 8,000 feet, and heavy rain at lower elevations. As of 3 p.m. Friday, chains or 4-wheel drive with snow tires (chains required on board) are required on Highway 41, at Cedar Valley north of Oakhurst. At this time Tenaya Lodge has about four inches of snow, with more expected to fall during the night.

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Anna Mae Lois Ridenour Anne Mae Lois Ridenour, 90, died in Fillmore on March 9, 2018. Mrs. Ridenour was born in Bradish, Nebraska on Oct. 27, 1927. As a lifelong Christian, her passions included her family, music, sewing and other crafts, and her career as a cook at Rio Mesa High School. Mr. and Mrs. Ridenour lived in Oakhurst for 20 years having retired to the community in 1990. The couple moved to Fillmore in 2010.

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“Franchise Business Review,” a franchise market research firm, has announced that Pizza Factory, with headquarters in Oakhurst, has been named to their annual list of the Top 200 Franchise companies. The list, titled the “Top 200 Franchises of 2018,” ranked hundreds of participating franchise companies by their overall levels of franchise owner satisfaction. Pizza Factory was ranked in the top 20 in the “Food & Beverage” category, as well as in the top 20 in the “Midsize Brands” category.

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Two students at Yosemite Falls High School - Anastasia Tsyboulia and Alexis Soulis - are passionate about helping clients of the Marjaree Mason Center in downtown Fresno, a safe haven for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence. “We both are passionate about this because we have both had experiences with family friends who have had to deal with domestic violence,” Soulis said.

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The Chasing Shelby Foundation, named after 19 year-old Yosemite High graduate Shelby Veater who passed away from complications from Spina Bifida in December of 2016, has collaborated with Panda Express to raise funds for Valley Children’s Hospital. The fundraising event will take place 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Monday, March 19, at the Panda Express located at 7685 N. Blackstone in Fresno, in the Villaggio Shopping Center. The restaurant will donate 20% of sales made during those hours.

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Mike A. Berg, with 32 years experience in education, has been named the second interim superintendent for the Yosemite Unified School District. Berg, who will work part-time, was introduced at the district’s board of trustees meeting March 12, at Rivergold Elementary School. On Feb. 7, the school board placed Superintendent Ceclia Greenberg on paid administrative leave as the deadline for fiscal insolvency was rapidly approaching.

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The latest release of the every-other-year business plan by the California High-Speed Rail Authority represents yet another iteration of a project with moving targets for price, schedule and geography. The rail agency's draft 2018 business plan issued last week offered a sobering look at a project that has been plagued with challenges and skepticism since before 2008, when the state's voters approved Proposition 1A, a $9.95 billion high-speed-rail bond.

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Half Dome, meet pumpkin spice. On Friday, Starbucks will start selling its signature coffee drinks at its first location inside the famed national park. The new concessionaire, an Aramark division called Yosemite Hospitality, unveiled its updated dining options this week — including the controversial Starbucks. The coffee shop is part of a $7 million renovation that includes the food court of Yosemite Valley Lodge and guest rooms at The Majestic Yosemite Hotel.

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The Madera County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously denied a $15 million ‘claim for damages’ from District Attorney David Linn and his wife, retired Sierra Star publisher and past president of the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce, Betty Linn.

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The attorney who represented a former Caltrans employee in a salacious workplace pornography lawsuit is taking credit for the resignations of two high-ranking state executives and requesting millions of dollars in legal fees for his work over the past five years. The recent resignations of California Department of Transportation Director Malcolm Dougherty and Chief Deputy Director Kome Ajise coincided with milestones in the lawsuit. Dougherty testified in the case.

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Phrases

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Combining operators

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Asterisk

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Near

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